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Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: One Or More Entities?

Forum of Clinical Oncology
Volume 5 (2014): Issue 2 (December 2014)
By: Alexios Matikas,  Georgios Lazaridis and  Sofa Agelaki  
Open Access
|Dec 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fco-2014-0010 | Journal eISSN: 1792-362X | Journal ISSN: 1792-345X
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Language: English
Page range: 20 - 31
Published on: Dec 10, 2014
Published by: Helenic Society of Medical Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Breast cancer,
Triple negative,
Basal-like,
Subtype,
Gene expression
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Haematology, oncology

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